Five articles in the last week from the world of healthcare staffing and technology.

The 3 top healthcare industry staffing challenges–and how to solve them

• Key takeaway: Hospitals, health systems and other providers, already feeling the pinch in hiring and retaining employees.

How to boost patient numbers

• Key takeaway: Tips on how to attract a broad, healthy patient base.

Health systems spending billions to prepare for the “Last Battle”

• Key takeaway: On the one hand, it’s hard to argue with modernizing the record-keeping in healthcare that isn’t far beyond how medicine was recorded in the time of Hippocrates.

5 ways to classify health technologies

• Key takeaway: According to author Dan Munro, technologies can fall into five categories.

5 keys trends impacting healthcare payers

• Key takeaway: Several key trends are reshaping the business strategies of health insurers in advance of the Jan. 1 go-live date for many provisions of the Affordable Care Act.